Apple has released patches that defend users of its older Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system against security threats.
Monday's security fixes help defend Mac users stuck on the two-year-old operating system against assaults by the infamous Flashback Trojan. Users of the newer Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7) operating …

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I HOPE THIS DOESNT OFFEND ANYONE

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR OFFENDING YOUR BRUITISH SENSIBILITIES IM GLAD APPLE HAS COME TO THEIR SENSES AND FIXED THIS MAYBE THEY NEED TO REWORK THERE WHOLE PLATFORM AND TEAM UP WITH MICROSOFT WINDOWS HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE RELIABLE OVER TIME WITH AN ENVIABLE TRACK RECORD FOR RESISTING HACKERS

Re: I HOPE THIS DOESNT OFFEND ANYONE

I HOPE THIS DOESNT OFFEND BDG

You know I've gone on record as being your biggest fan. I hope, therefore, you won't take it amiss if I offer some constructive criticism:

First off, the capitals. Majestic as ever. In fact I'm almost convinced they're even 'capitalier' than before. Have you been working out your caps-lock finger?

Punctuation is also first class and well up to your usual standards.

"BRUITISH" is exquisite. In that one word, cleverly combining 'British' and 'Brutish' you deliver more political insight than the countless volumes on British history, spewed out by lesser minds over the years could hope to achieve

However, I found "APPLE HAS COME TO THEIR SENSES" rather careless. OK. I know you hit us with the old classic "REWORK THERE WHOLE PLATFORM" straight afterwards, but I still think an opportunity was lost to get a "THEY'RE" in, as well.

Oh. What the hell! I'm just being churlish. How can I even dare to try and understand the soul-searching, mind-rending, convention-smashing artistry that goes into your every keystroke.

Err...

Re: Err...

10.5.8 came out in Aug 2009. Its also the last OS that a vast majority of their OS X running machines can ever run. Since 10.6 offers no real additional functionality and breaks things like colour calibration, I'm sticking with 10.5.8 unless 10.5.9 should appear for some strange reason.

I'm trying to find an OS disc for a Mac that came with 10.5. I started by asking in the Apple Store (being willing to pay for the disc, within reason) and the chap about flipped out because the computer was "vintage".

I'd actually prefer it if they just came out and said "Your computer is old" than using euphemisms like "vintage". As it goes though, the hardware is fine, but won't run a newer version of OSX. I could probably put some flavour of Linux on it and give it a second life but it's main job is to run iTunes.

The fact the update has been released is great, but the fact it is news sums up how poor the support is.

Re: Old Macs

All the Core2Duo MacBooks will run 10.7, which is all of them shipped after November 2006, the reason your friend can't install it is because they've got less than 2GB of RAM, I'd go with a 4GB upgrade though unless you have some sort of disease that makes the world appear to speed past in a blur.

But for that "feels like brand new" feeling you cannot beat an SSD, and 128GB drives are getting pretty cheap now.

As an aside, RAM and HD's are piss easy to change in those old MacBooks.

Re: Old Macs

Re: Old Macs

Older trackpads don't get all the gestures, mine only does two finger scrolling for example but that won't stop Lion from installing. I'd give it another go and google the error message if it fails again.